Comprehensive Description

Description

Common names: moray (English), morena (Espanol)

Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw & Nodder, 1795)

Guineafowl moray, White-mouth moray

Robust; anus a little before mid-length; front nostril a simple tube; posterior nostril a hole at level of profile of head; lower jaw straight, mouth closes completely; teeth sharp, teeth in jaws mostly in 2 rows, those across front of top jaws in 5 rows, with a row of larger canines in middle; dorsal and anal fins covered with skin, but very evident; origin of dorsal midway between gill opening and corner of mouth.